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Their prime artifice is to break his spirit
and make him think mainly of his reason.
Tis their constant mark which they
never lose sight of upon any occasion. Without
this they can do nothing. With it
they may do every thing.

That a man may take up with any opinion
that is given him , it is necessary that he
should be kept out of the way of forming an
opinion of his own.

A confidence in one's own judgment is the
necessary preparation to the investigation of the truth.
If the I am to look for satisfaction
the always from the opinions of other men, and never
from the decision of my own judgment, to
what purpose exercise it?

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That They dupe more in the behalf with more
and with the better grace, as being dupes
themselves

Absurdity of implicit trust to Authority 1st upon
the supposition of its' nominating in a particular
set of men. 2dly in that of it's running on
in a circle.

Their Eléves law to be known- Uneasy &
embarrassed and melancholy whenever they touch
Gagged by subscription upon the fundamentals of Morality and Religion.
They endeavour to preserve their tranquillity. 1st
by believing as them as hard as when they do think of them they are able. 2d By to stand
thinking of them as little as they can .
Bring a topic of this sort upon the carpet you
crest fallen, & lower, & peevish and suspicious.

Poverty of spirit, the fruit of the poverty of understanding

OBSTACLES. Divines 1st Artifice, Humiliation.
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Of all things therefore an inquisitive disposition
in a Pupil is their greatest plague torment.
it is that which There is nothing they most so much hate, and tremble
at.

An inquisitive Disposition is the only foundation
for solid improvement

But an inquisitive disposition for or sufer'd
to gain strength, is not to be confined
within that province in which it was
first nurtur'd. By that exercise of it, a man Like the Tyger, who having got the taste of blood,
learns by the evidenceforce of his own judgment,
to seeknow the difference between truth and
falshood. He has acquired an appetite for truth.
and a taste to know it by:+ he is not to + when he pays a visit to the Desmesnes mansions of Theology
be put off with such garbage as they have
to give him

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Humility how far and in what sense praiseworthy deserving
of approbation

They can no longer do mischief: they can
only prevent good.

Why scruple to charge them with being at enmity
to with human reason? They avow it.
Give listen'd to with it liberty, and makes man's ears rebellious
to their doctrines.

They never have been, never can, nor ever
will be easy, while the credit of their
doctrines is left to support itself upon their arguments
for its support.to stand

Experience proclaims aloud to them, silent
persuasion whisper to them, that their system
left to itself can never stand.

Are they sincere in their belief? they can
hardly be so as in these professions.

I will put my hook in his nose, and
my bridle in his mouth - Rabshakap Gagged by Subscriptions..

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